My U.S. Students Want to Write to International Students
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Steve McCrea
I've traveled to over 45 countries and I've almost three years in other countries. What can we learn from each other?I've developed a pronunciation system called "It Sounds Like" and I hope people will avoid using IPA (backwards C, a+e, upside-down V). Let's talk! Write to freeEnglishLessons@gmail.com. My Orkut and Facebook accounts are both linked to FreeEnglishLessons@gmail.com.
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Published on 03/19/2010
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My U.S. Students Want to Write to International Students
Here is a short story. I hope you have time to read it.
I taught four students from Riyadh in 2000. We had a wonderful four weeks and they even barbecued meat on the beach for us at the end of the course. It was wonderful. Muhammed, Bandar, Ahmed and Akbar. Great guys. Then 9/11/2001. I spoke with Ahmed once and he said, "I am not surprised what happened because your government has done many mistakes." I tried to keep in touch by email, but he changed his email address. Bandar called in 2003 and left a message, "I hope you are not angry with me. I am very sorry about what happened in New York on September 11." But he didn't leave a phone number or email address.
So, if you are a student from the Middle East, or if you know someone who lives in the Middle East, please contact me. FreeEnglishLessons@gmail.com. I hope you can tell your friends that some US people want to "build bridges" and make an effort to understand other cultures. Can you visit our school in Fort Lauderdale and talk about your country? It would help our students expand their understanding about the Middle East. My mobile phone is +1 954 646 8246 and I accept text messages. You can send an email (short) to my phone at 9546468246@vtext.com.
I also teach teenagers (16-, 17-, 18-year olds) about how to prepare for university and I tell them, "You can practice English with my international students." If you want to practice English with my local students, please tell me and I can share email addresses or facebook contacts. I told my U.S. students, "You can improve your opportunities in the world ifyou have contacts with people from other countries." Many of them have 300 FB contacts, but they are all in USA, Canada and England.
If you and your friends want to help my US students expand their understanding of the world, tell me. I can connect you and you can get some free English Lessons from students in the USA.
Here are some links to videos for practicing English. I hope they are helpful.
VOLUNTEERS ARE WANTED:
http://www.getinvolvedineducation.com/volunteers/application.htm
join the Breakfast Club for Mentors (arrive at 7:15, talk to some kids until 8 am, then go to work...)
My grandfather worked with the first People to People missions to Iran, Morocco and Jordan in 1957-59. I continue his work with BuildingInternationalBridges.org. Click and learn more.
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steveEnglishTeacher skype
HOW TO REACH ME by SKYPE: it is best for contacting me by Skype to aim at 6:30 to 6:45 am Florida time most mornings. I can usually grab 5 minutes, ... the morning clean up from the night before takes precedence.
OR send an email message ("Talk to me on Skype" and give your account name) to my phone 9546468246@vtext.com
my mobile 1 954 646 8246
FreeEnglishLessons@gmail.com (all email messages sent to me converge on this address)
IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE Email messages from me... You can join my "one lesson per week" group -- just send me an email message FreeEnglishLessons@gmail.com and I'll add you to the list. I will send you a LOT of information, but you don't need to look at it all. I invite you to send me a video and I will analyze it ... talk about anything, put the video on Youtube, send me the link and I will watch it and recommend some exercises for you.... You can recommend this group FANS of FREE ENGLISH LESSONS to your friends. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54898848392
EXCELLENT dictionary with EXAMPLES of sentences http://www.ldoceonline.com/
What is the difference between a TRADITIONAL classroom and a CELTA classroom?
BRAINS
(1) Male Female Brain Differences http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P77JnDHUw6g
(2) Extended version Male female brain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuMZ73mT5zM
(3) How to persuade a guy to do something http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ccJeRh_UzI
(4) ASK more than once Funny Video about How to Ask for Help
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(5) "How was your day?" "Fine." end of questions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcUUblqsIGg
(6) Some reminders http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvaxgUGiAUM
0:05, 0:24 and 0:40 are worth thinking about
What are the vowel sounds in English? how many sounds do you hear?
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(9) Visit Fort Lauderdale River
Video about the River
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"Given the choice between changing one's mind and proving one's point of view, most people will get busy on the proof." - J.K. Galbraith.
(17) I continue to put videos on www.youtube.com/freeenglishlessons, but I also have two more channels
Practce Listening on Youtube with Steve
http://www.youtube.com/floridaenglishschool
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Zibo City in China (Gongfu's city -- he is a Guide for English Language Travel GELT)
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What web sites do you think are amazing and useful and fun? I am compiling a directory of thousands of good links. Tell me about your favorite links. FreeEnglishLessons@gmail.com
http://www.scribd.com/doc/4026552/american-english-dictionary-contemp-usage a useful dictionary... free.
GRAMMAR PRACTICE with Answers http://www.scribd.com/doc/6633775/Cambridge-English-Grammar-in-Use-2nd-Edition-by-Raymond-Murphy
BUSINESS VOCAB: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7868043/Bill-Mascull-Business-Vocabulary-in-Use
VOCABULARY http://www.scribd.com/doc/11455654/Cambridge-English-Vocabulary-in-Use-PreIntInt
GRAMMAR: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/English_in_Use/Print_version
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16066265/Very-Cool-Sites-Half-Edition
visit my half edition (really just the first 2 percent...)
Recommend some interesting videos about your country. Go to VeryCoolSites.com
I taught four students from Riyadh in 2000. We had a wonderful four weeks and they even barbecued meat on the beach for us at the end of the course. It was wonderful. Muhammed, Bandar, Ahmed and Akbar. Great guys. Then 9/11/2001. I spoke with Ahmed once and he said, "I am not surprised what happened because your government has done many mistakes." I tried to keep in touch by email, but he changed his email address. Bandar called in 2003 and left a message, "I hope you are not angry with me. I am very sorry about what happened in New York on September 11." But he didn't leave a phone number or email address.
So, if you are a student from the Middle East, or if you know someone who lives in the Middle East, please contact me. FreeEnglishLessons@gmail.com. I hope you can tell your friends that some US people want to "build bridges" and make an effort to understand other cultures. Can you visit our school in Fort Lauderdale and talk about your country? It would help our students expand their understanding about the Middle East. My mobile phone is +1 954 646 8246 and I accept text messages. You can send an email (short) to my phone at 9546468246@vtext.com.
I also teach teenagers (16-, 17-, 18-year olds) about how to prepare for university and I tell them, "You can practice English with my international students." If you want to practice English with my local students, please tell me and I can share email addresses or facebook contacts. I told my U.S. students, "You can improve your opportunities in the world ifyou have contacts with people from other countries." Many of them have 300 FB contacts, but they are all in USA, Canada and England.
If you and your friends want to help my US students expand their understanding of the world, tell me. I can connect you and you can get some free English Lessons from students in the USA.
Here are some links to videos for practicing English. I hope they are helpful.
VOLUNTEERS ARE WANTED:
http://www.getinvolvedineducation.com/volunteers/application.htm
join the Breakfast Club for Mentors (arrive at 7:15, talk to some kids until 8 am, then go to work...)
My grandfather worked with the first People to People missions to Iran, Morocco and Jordan in 1957-59. I continue his work with BuildingInternationalBridges.org. Click and learn more.
=======================================================
steveEnglishTeacher skype
HOW TO REACH ME by SKYPE: it is best for contacting me by Skype to aim at 6:30 to 6:45 am Florida time most mornings. I can usually grab 5 minutes, ... the morning clean up from the night before takes precedence.
OR send an email message ("Talk to me on Skype" and give your account name) to my phone 9546468246@vtext.com
my mobile 1 954 646 8246
FreeEnglishLessons@gmail.com (all email messages sent to me converge on this address)
IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE Email messages from me... You can join my "one lesson per week" group -- just send me an email message FreeEnglishLessons@gmail.com and I'll add you to the list. I will send you a LOT of information, but you don't need to look at it all. I invite you to send me a video and I will analyze it ... talk about anything, put the video on Youtube, send me the link and I will watch it and recommend some exercises for you.... You can recommend this group FANS of FREE ENGLISH LESSONS to your friends. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54898848392
EXCELLENT dictionary with EXAMPLES of sentences http://www.ldoceonline.com/
What is the difference between a TRADITIONAL classroom and a CELTA classroom?
BRAINS
(1) Male Female Brain Differences http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P77JnDHUw6g
(2) Extended version Male female brain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuMZ73mT5zM
(3) How to persuade a guy to do something http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ccJeRh_UzI
(4) ASK more than once Funny Video about How to Ask for Help
=============================================
(5) "How was your day?" "Fine." end of questions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcUUblqsIGg
(6) Some reminders http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvaxgUGiAUM
0:05, 0:24 and 0:40 are worth thinking about
What are the vowel sounds in English? how many sounds do you hear?
=========== =========== ========== ========= ========= ======== ======
TeachersToTeachers.com (7) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq7SCu50uDA Sign up to be a guide to my students.
(8) Visit Fort Lauderdale Beach Beach Video
GET A YOUTUBE.com account and RATE THESE VIDEOS. ...
(9) Visit Fort Lauderdale River
Video about the River
======================================= ========== ===========
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te_P16UpYEA
(16)
Make a Web Site using Google's Sites Software -- and it's Free! Start with a Gmail account
Please register for a YOUTUBE.com account, then rate my training video and subscribe to www.youtube.com/theebookman channel. Thank you
"Given the choice between changing one's mind and proving one's point of view, most people will get busy on the proof." - J.K. Galbraith.
(17) I continue to put videos on www.youtube.com/freeenglishlessons, but I also have two more channels
Practce Listening on Youtube with Steve
http://www.youtube.com/floridaenglishschool
============================================
Zibo City in China (Gongfu's city -- he is a Guide for English Language Travel GELT)
(18) http://www.englishcafe.com/steve See my account on EnglishCafe.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjvN6FTtB60 Learn Slang with Duncan in China!
(19) Students: Subscribe to Ken Beare's Free Newsletter: WOW! You can learn a lot from Kenneth Beare http://esl.about.com
I recommend that you get his free email newsletter.
you can subscribe!
http://esl.about.com/gi/pages/stay.htm
What web sites do you think are amazing and useful and fun? I am compiling a directory of thousands of good links. Tell me about your favorite links. FreeEnglishLessons@gmail.com
http://www.scribd.com/doc/4026552/american-english-dictionary-contemp-usage a useful dictionary... free.
GRAMMAR PRACTICE with Answers http://www.scribd.com/doc/6633775/Cambridge-English-Grammar-in-Use-2nd-Edition-by-Raymond-Murphy
BUSINESS VOCAB: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7868043/Bill-Mascull-Business-Vocabulary-in-Use
VOCABULARY http://www.scribd.com/doc/11455654/Cambridge-English-Vocabulary-in-Use-PreIntInt
GRAMMAR: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/English_in_Use/Print_version
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16066265/Very-Cool-Sites-Half-Edition
visit my half edition (really just the first 2 percent...)
Recommend some interesting videos about your country. Go to VeryCoolSites.com